Garment protector



Patented Mar. 17, 1931 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BENJAMIN J. SACHS, 01" SPRINGFIELD, OHIO GARMENT rao'rnoron Application filed August 24, 1827. Serial No. 215,244.

My invention relates to garment hangers, tongues notched to receive the lower angles and more particularly to a protector and or bends of the hanger frame. spreader for engagement with the conven- The ob'ect of the invention is to provlde a tional wire hanger to prevent close folding h ge garments broad and creasing of garments suspended thereon. rounded supporting surface wh c will pre- :55

ecause of their low cost a wire garment vent the close folding and creasmg of a susanger is extensively used by dry cleaners, pended garment and particularly to prov de pressers, and clothing merchants upon which such a protector orspreader engageable with to suspend their fimshed work. Such conthe commercial yp of Wire garment g ventional hangers consist of a l ngth f Afurther object of the invention isto roto rather small gauge wire bent to triangular Vide & p d r Protector be form with its ends twisted together at the eap ned in construction, efficient in operapex of the triangle and bent into a hook. fltion, ly and q q y pp t 11 0011' arments which are suspended upon cross ventional form of wire hanger, capable of member or bottom portion of such triangular g Periods f usefulness and unhk ly t0 hanger fold closely over the wire or cross 116001116 injured nmember due to the weight of the garment nd A further ob'ect of the invention 1s to pro unsightly wrinkles or creases are produced, Vide mp v means for 580111111 $11611 which are highly objectionable, especially in p r protector to the wl ng r, trousers or skirts which are ordinarily so n to further provlde mp surface for suslpended upon the hanger. car ing advertising matter.

o overcome this difficulty there is pro- 1th the above pr ry and rvided in the resent instance a spreader or dental Objects i View, as Will more l y P- protector to be suspended upon th cross pear in the specification, the-invention con- 5 member of the hanger and whi h ill h ld sists of the features of construction, the arts 75 the garment distended forming a b d and combinations thereof and the mo e of round supporting surfa in lie f th operation, or their equivalents, as hereinafter paratively thin wire. This spreader or prodescribed and Set fOIth h l tector comprises an elongated section of sheet f ng to the g g- 1 1S 1 I material, preferably though n t il spective vlew oi a commercial type of wire 89 I cardboard, which is bent upon itself into an garment hanger t0 which 13116 Present g inverted channel ha Th ti i ment protector or spreader has been applied.

vided with int gral d fl hi h are Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View of the folded transversely across the bent portion P p r g g d W h he of the spreader or protector and beneath the hanger Showing a garment sllspened 5 wire hanger which extends Within the chanthel'eong- 3 15 detall perspectlve Vlew nel of such spreader or protector. Such end f one end of the PF P P flaps are formed with looking tongues envlewed 9 'f a plan of gaging in Suitable Slots in the main portion the blank of flea'ible material from which the 0 of the Spreader to secure the section of flexpmiector or SP leader formed ible material in its bent form. The inherent Llke parts are mdlcated by slmllar tension of the Sheet material Causes it to actors of reference throughout the several spread to greater extent through the medial a in the 5 portion than at the contracted and locked resent invention has been illustrated and Wlll be described in its application 95 ends- T1115 glves to the Spreader Protecter to a conventional comme cial type of Wire Somewhat mvfirted boat shape- In addl garment hanger it is to be understood that non to the locklns engagement of h 911d it is not limited to such application but may fl p beneath h W lg e main porbe applied to other forms of garment hangtion of the device 1s provided with terminal crs, one of the popular types of which is a W} establishmentsalso allows the ga'rment to fold closely, thus becoming creasedor wrinkled. It is to be understood that the hangerper se forms no art of the present invention, but the device is equally applicable to difierent forms of garment hangers and may also be employed 'upon a wire or line.

It is not unusual in cleaning and pressing to employ a wire or line stretched across the room on which to suspend garments. The present spreader or 1 protector may be engaged with such clothes line or wire with equal facility and will serve the same purpose of preventing close folding and creasing-of the garments.

v the inherent tension of This gives to the protector or spreader con- Referring to the drawings, 1 is the commercial wire garment hanger having at its bottom atransverse or cross member 2. The protector or spreader forming the subject matter hereof comprises a section 3 of flexible sheet material bent into inverted channel sha e and suspended over the cross member 2 oi the hanger 1. The preferable material, because of its cheapness and ease of manipulation, is cardboard or manila tag board, although other materials, such as fiber, impregnated or stifiened fabric or even sheet metal may be employed. The hanger protector or 5 reader is provided with terminal heads or aps a formed integral with the main section 3, and folded transversely beneath the cross member 2 of the ban er to close the ends of the channel shape bent body 3. These terminal heads 4 each carry a locking tongue 5 engageable in a slot 6 suitably located in the side of the channel shaped bentbodyj3 to retain the body in its adjusted bent position. The main portion 3 is provided with projecting tongues at its opposite ends, notched at 7 to receive the stems or base angles of the wire hanger 1. The top margins erably notched at 8 to accomodate the cross member 2 of the hanger 1. The spreader or protector, although limited to the width of the terminal head or end flap 4 at its extremities, spreads considerably wider than at such terminal heads at its medial portion, due to the sheet material.

vex or bowed bottom margins which not only tends to further'spread the garments suspended upon such spreader or protector and through the wire hanger 1, to distend the lapels of a coat suspended upon the inclined upper portions of the hanger 1.

In Fig. 4 there is shown a plan view of the blank as cut and scored preparatory to being of the terminal flaps d are also pref-' but it also serves avaaeea bent and interlocked into the desired shape. This blank discloses an elongated substantially rectangular main'portion, which when bent upon itself forms the inverted channel or boat shaped main body 3. Attached to the o posite ends of this elongated main portion y score or flaps 4-4 which when folded transversely become the heads or ends of the device. tiguous thereto are short offsets having there in marginal notches which in the finished product become the projecting tongues 6 with the marginal notches 7 for engagement of the hanger 1. The locking flaps project in opposite directions beyond the end flaps 4 to which they are integrally joined on folder score lines indicated by dotted lines in Fig. i.

From the above description it will be apparent that there is thus provided a construction of the character described, possessing the particular features of advantage before enumerat'ed as desirable, but which obviously is susceptible of modification portions, and arrangement of parts, without de aring from the principle involved or sacri cin any of its advantages.

While in order to comply with the statute the invention is described in language more or less specific as to structural features it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown, but that the means and construction herein disclosed comprise the preferrcd form of several modes of putting the invention into eiiect, and the invention is therefore claimed in any of its forms or modifications within the legitimate and valid scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my. invention I claim:

1. As an articleof manufacture, a garment spreader comprising an inverted channel shaped member of sheet material having a rounded cross sectional contour, and terminal spreader heads in said member, a conventional wire garment hanger being engageable within said inverted channel member which encloses the cross member of the hanger to prevent close folding and creasing of a garment suspended thereon. I

2. As an article of manufacture, a garment spreader comprising a sheet of flexible material including a main section to be reversed upon itself to rounded channel shape, an integral head section at each end of the main section 'foldable to transverse position relative to the reversed main portion. and a tongue attached to the free margin of each head section for engagement in a suitably located slot in the main portion to hold said spreader in assembled relation, the spreader being engageable with the cross member of a garmenthanger to prevent close foiding and creating oha garment suspended thereon.

3. A garment spreader comprising an elongated portion of flexible sheet material to be Conin its form, probent u on itself into' tensioned inverted rounde channel shape for suspension over the cross member of a garment hanger, and means for maintaining the portion of material in its bent form, and notched tongues projecting from the p osite ends thereof in the notches of which the garment hanger is engageable.

4. A garment spreader comprising an elonm gated portion of flexible sheet material to be ent upon itself into tensioned inverted rounded channel shape for suspension over the cross member of a garment hanger, means for maintaining the portion of material in its bent form, and end flaps carried thereby engageable beneath the cross member of the hanger over which the bent portion is suspen ed.

5. A garment spreader comprising an elon- 2b ated portion of flexible sheet material to be H nt 11 on itself into tensioned inverted rounded channel shape for suspension over the cross member of a garment hanger, and flaps carried thereby engageable beneath the cross member of the hanger upon which the bent portion is suspended, and terminal tongues on said bent portion overhanging the end flaps.

6. A garment spreader comprising an elon- 'ated portion of flexible sheet material to be ent upon itself into inverted rounded channel shape for suspension over the cross member of a garment hanger, said bent portion having terminal notches therein for engagement with the garment hanger, and flaps carried by the bent portion to be transversely disposed in assembly of the spreader, also notched for engagement with the hanger.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 40 my hand this 18th da of Au st, A. D. 1927.

BE Jr J. SACHS. 

